BACKGROUND SUMMARY
17 years as a lawyer on the Coast after 21 in the City.
Mr. Hillestad not only has over three decades of experience in his legal specialties, he has combined that with a sideline of developing and operating historic properties both as owner and real estate broker.  It tempers the theoretical legal education with practical business sense.

EDUCATION

  • LAW SCHOOL:
    • University of Michigan Law School
    • Juris Doctor Degree 1972

  • COLLEGE:
    • University of Oregon
    • Bachelor of Science Degree 1967

  • HIGH SCHOOL:
    • Ashland High School 1963


LAWYER WORK EXPERIENCE

  • SOLE PRACTITIONER:
    • McMinnville, Oregon 2011 - Present
    • Cannon Beach, Oregon 1994 - 2011

  • ASSOCIATE AND PARTNER:
    • Various law firms, Denver, Colorado 1973 - 1994

  • CLERK:
    • Colorado Supreme Court, Denver, Colorado 1972 - 1973

TYPICAL CLIENTELE
  • REPRESENTING:
    • Landlords as well as Tenants
    • Sellers and Brokers as well as Buyers
    • Lenders and Guarantors as well as Borrowers
    • Contractors and Architects as well as Homeowners
    • Property Owners as well as Managers
    • Developers as well as Governments
    • Restaurants as well as Lodgings
    • Retail Stores as well asTrade Associations
    • Corporate Officers and Directors as well as Shareholders
    • Profit Corporations as well as Charitable Organizations plus
    • Entrepreneurs, Businesses and Individuals of all types.
  • PERFORMING:
    • Legal analysis and counseling,
    • Document drafting and record keeping,
    • Negotiations and, when necessary,
    • Advocacy in dispute resolution

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

  • INNKEEPING:
    • Developed and Co-Owned three upscale Bed & Breakfast Inn Properties 1986 - 2001
    • The Queen Anne Inn in Denver, Colorado
    • The Capitol Hill Mansion in Denver, Colorado
    • The Cheyenne Canon Inn in Colorado Springs, Colorado

  • REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE:
    • Colorado, especially for Inns 1973 - 1999

  • MILITARY:
    • 101st Airborne Division, US Army 1969 - 1970

First job as an attorney was being selected to clerk for Justice Hodges of the Colorado Supreme Court